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TIL: Elon Musk once scolded a Tesla employee for missing a work event to witness the birth of his child

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yvXM TIL since 1970, 143 death row inmates in the United States have been found to be wrongly convicted.
edgn TIL: One Nepalese migrant died every two days labouring for the Qatar World Cup during 2014 - This number doesn’t include workers from other countries.
691bZ TIL there is an international competition for writing obfuscated code. The contestants are judged on the aesthetic of the unreadable source code (like a Christmas tree) and so on. The code should still be compliable and run.
v1Jg7 TIL of a couple who received a $31.5mil settlement after unreported hail damage repair on their car resulted in a collision safety failure, trapping them in an inferno that ended in 4th degree burns. The body shop responsible glued the roof back on instead of welding to OEM specifications.
7rvl7 TIL Paul McCartney wrote the melody to the song "Yesterday" before the lyrics. He used placeholder lyrics for the song, titled "Scrambled Eggs" instead: "Scrambled eggs/Oh my baby how I love your legs/Not as much as I love scrambled eggs".